The Washington Post in reporting that the Montgomery County Council passed the transgendered bill 8-0 yesterday.
According to the Post article, the locker room provision was removed prior to yesterday’s vote.
Late last week, in response to the outcry and concerns from some fellow council colleagues, Trachtenberg agreed to pull an amendment to the bill that would have specified restrooms and locker rooms as public accommodations in which an individual could choose a room based on the gender identity that the person “publicly and exclusively expressed.”
Taking out the proposed amendment, according to the county attorney’s office and council staff, would allow employers to maintain “current gender-based restrictions” on such public facilities.
I suspect a referendum might be in the offing. It would take 20,000 signatures to get a repeal on the ballot.